Matrix org chart
Managing director
Head of engineering
Head of design
Head of quality
Bridge project
Rail project
Airport project
Structural engineers
Bridge designers
Bridge inspectors
Track engineers
Station designers
Safety testers
Civil engineers
Terminal designers
Compliance testers
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What a matrix org chart is
“Matrix management is an organizational structure in which some individuals report to more than one supervisor or leader. Employees may report to a supervisor or leader via a solid line or a dotted line.”
Types of org chart
Org chart
Types of structure
When to use a matrix org chart
New project
Useful when people work on projects but still belong to a department, like engineers on the bridge project.
With a team
Shows that a team answers to two leaders: its head of department and its project lead.
A company
Draw a firm organised two ways at once, by what people do across the top and by project down the side.
How to make a matrix org chart
- 1The directorManaging director
- 2The functionsManaging directorHead of engineeringHead of designHead of qualityBridge projectRail projectAirport project
- 3The projectsManaging directorHead of engineeringHead of designHead of qualityBridge projectRail projectAirport projectStructural engineersBridge designersBridge inspectorsTrack engineersStation designersSafety testersCivil engineersTerminal designersCompliance testers
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Questions
- Where did matrix management start?
Matrix management, developed in U.S. aerospace in the 1950s, achieved wider adoption in the 1970s.
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